I've contacted both the BC Wildfire Service and the Horgan government to request renewing Wayne Coulson's contract, the one that Clark cancelled in 2013. Everyone knows we need all the fire-fighting equipment available to contain these disastrous fires. Seems like a new one is reported almost daily. The fire-fighters are worn out. We're getting help from all over Canada and other countries as well. We need the Mars and everything Wayne Coulson can provide.

Would a petition or a protest rally get the attention of the government? I don't know, but we have to do SOMETHING to let them know we are prepared to pay whatever it costs to put an end to this devastation.

At least 30,000 animals have been killed or displaced in this year's record-breaking wildfire season, MacAulay said.

That's a hell of an animal sacrifice and doesn't include wildlife lost to these fires. Anyone in government should be ashamed of themselves but most especially those in the ministry responsible for managing forest fires.

History from the 2003 Okanagan Mountain Park fire shows that things didn't get under control until the Mars was brought in. And if memory serves me both Hawaii and Philippine were here.